Banach–Mazur distance

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The Banach–Mazur distance is a numerical measure in functional analysis that quantifies how "far apart" two finite-dimensional normed vector spaces are up to linear isomorphism.

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Banach–Mazur distance canonical 2
Banach–Mazur compactum 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf functional analysis concept
mathematical concept
numerical invariant
appliesTo complex normed spaces
finite-dimensional normed vector spaces
real normed spaces
cannotBeDirectlyDefinedAs a metric on infinite-dimensional Banach spaces
characterizes equivalence classes of norms up to linear isomorphism
codomain [1,∞)
definitionInWords infimum over linear isomorphisms of the product of the operator norm and the norm of the inverse
definitionUses inverse operator norm
operator norm of linear isomorphisms
domain finite-dimensional normed spaces up to linear isomorphism
equals 1 if and only if the spaces are isometric
field Banach space theory
functional analysis
hasAlternativeFormulation via equivalence of norms on a finite-dimensional vector space
isDefinedFor pairs of isomorphism classes of finite-dimensional normed spaces
isInvariantUnder linear isomorphisms
isLogarithmicallyEquivalentTo a metric via taking logarithm
isMetricOn isomorphism classes of finite-dimensional normed spaces
isNonNegative true
isPartOf geometric functional analysis
isQuasiMetricOn finite-dimensional normed spaces themselves
isScaleInvariant true
isSymmetric true
isToolFor comparing geometric structure of normed spaces
quantifying distortion of linear isomorphisms
measures how far two normed spaces are from being isometric
minimumValue 1
namedAfter Stanisław Mazur NERFINISHED
Stefan Banach NERFINISHED
oftenStudiedBetween an n-dimensional normed space and ℓ₂ⁿ
relatedConcept Banach–Mazur compactum ONNED1
isometric Banach spaces
isomorphic Banach spaces
normed vector space
operator norm
requires finite dimension for being a true metric
satisfiesTriangleInequality true
typicalQuestion how close a given normed space is to Euclidean space
upperBoundGrowth polynomial in the dimension for many classes of spaces
usedIn asymptotic geometric analysis
classification of finite-dimensional normed spaces
local theory of Banach spaces
study of Banach–Mazur compactum

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Stefan Banach eponymOf Banach–Mazur distance
Stanisław Mazur notableWork Banach–Mazur distance
Stanisław Mazur notableWork Banach–Mazur distance
this entity surface form: Banach–Mazur compactum